Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

A Q&A with Suzanne Collins, Author of Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)

Q: You have said from the start that The Hunger Games story was intended as a trilogy. Did it actually end the way you planned it from the beginning?

A: Very much so. While I didn't know every detail, of course, the arc of the story from gladiator game, to revolution, to war, to the eventual outcome remained constant throughout the writing process.

Q: We understand you worked on the initial screenplay for a film to be based on The Hunger Games. What is the biggest difference between writing a novel and writing a screenplay?

A: There were several significant differences. Time, for starters. When you're adapting a novel into a two-hour movie you can't take everything with you. The story has to be condensed to fit the new form. Then there's the question of how best to take a book told in the first person and present tense and transform it into a satisfying dramatic experience. In the novel, you never leave Katniss for a second and are privy to all of her thoughts so you need a way to dramatize her inner world and to make it possible for other characters to exist outside of her company. Finally, there's the challenge of how to present the violence while still maintaining a PG-13 rating so that your core audience can view it. A lot of things are acceptable on a page that wouldn't be on a screen. But how certain moments are depicted will ultimately be in the director's hands.

Q: Are you able to consider future projects while working on The Hunger Games, or are you immersed in the world you are currently creating so fully that it is too difficult to think about new ideas?

A: I have a few seeds of ideas floating around in my head but--given that much of my focus is still on The Hunger Games--it will probably be awhile before one fully emerges and I can begin to develop it.

Q: The Hunger Games is an annual televised event in which one boy and one girl from each of the twelve districts is forced to participate in a fight-to-the-death on live TV. What do you think the appeal of reality television is--to both kids and adults?

A: Well, they're often set up as games and, like sporting events, there's an interest in seeing who wins. The contestants are usually unknown, which makes them relatable. Sometimes they have very talented people performing. Then there's the voyeuristic thrill—watching people being humiliated, or brought to tears, or suffering physically--which I find very disturbing. There's also the potential for desensitizing the audience, so that when they see real tragedy playing out on, say, the news, it doesn't have the impact it should.

Q: If you were forced to compete in the Hunger Games, what do you think your special skill would be?

A: Hiding. I'd be scaling those trees like Katniss and Rue. Since I was trained in sword-fighting, I guess my best hope would be to get hold of a rapier if there was one available. But the truth is I'd probably get about a four in Training.

Q: What do you hope readers will come away with when they read The Hunger Games trilogy?

A: Questions about how elements of the books might be relevant in their own lives. And, if they're disturbing, what they might do about them.

Q: What were some of your favorite novels when you were a teen?

A: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Boris by Jaapter Haar
Germinal by Emile Zola
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

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"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." So begins the delightful adventures of the witty and free-spirited Elizabeth Bennet and the proud but quite eligible Mr. Darcy in one of the first romantic comedies in the history of the novel.

Enriched eBook Features Editor Juliette Wells provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic:

* Filmography

* Nineteenth-Century Reviews

* Chronology

* Further Reading

* What Austen Ate

* How to Prepare Tea

* Austen Sites to Visit in England

* Map of Sites from the Novel

* Behaving Yourself: Etiquette and Dancing in Austen’s Day

* Illustrations of Fashion, Home Décor, Architecture, and Transportation

* Enriched eBook Notes

The enriched eBook format invites readers to go beyond the pages of these beloved works and gain more insight into the life and times of an author and the period in which the book was originally written for a rich reading experience.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.

Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." So begins the delightful adventures of the witty and free-spirited Elizabeth Bennet and the proud but quite eligible Mr. Darcy in one of the first romantic comedies in the history of the novel.

Enriched eBook Features Editor Juliette Wells provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic:

* Filmography

* Nineteenth-Century Reviews

* Chronology

* Further Reading

* What Austen Ate

* How to Prepare Tea

* Austen Sites to Visit in England

* Map of Sites from the Novel

* Behaving Yourself: Etiquette and Dancing in Austen’s Day

* Illustrations of Fashion, Home Décor, Architecture, and Transportation

* Enriched eBook Notes

The enriched eBook format invites readers to go beyond the pages of these beloved works and gain more insight into the life and times of an author and the period in which the book was originally written for a rich reading experience.

This brand new unabridged audio book production, on 10 full-length CDs, is a must-have for any Jane Austen fan. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen's novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." First written between 1796 and 1797, the book was initially called First Impressions, but was never published under that title. Following revisions it was published on January 28, 1813 by the same Mr. Egerton of the Military Library, Whitehall, who had brought out Sense and Sensibility. Like both its predecessor and Northanger Abbey, it was written at Steventon Rectory.

The Wetherby Brides, Book 3...

When Chloe Hawthorne is asked to chaperone her cousin during the London Season, it is with a heavy heart that she departs her home and family in Essex.Though she has been widowed for more than a year, she has yet to move on, and is loathe to do so. But when she meets her cousin's fiancee, Lord Andrew Wetherby, she must choose between honoring her cousin's impending marriage and following her heart.

Andrew Wetherby has chosen the perfect bride. She is well bred and beautiful - what more could the second son of a marquess ask for? However, when Lady Elizabeth's new chaperone arrives on the scene, he knows he's made a mistake of monumental proportions. The young widow with the russet curls captures his undivided attention, but as a gentleman, there is little he can do about it...or is there?

The Wetherby Brides, Book 3...

When Chloe Hawthorne is asked to chaperone her cousin during the London Season, it is with a heavy heart that she departs her home and family in Essex.Though she has been widowed for more than a year, she has yet to move on, and is loathe to do so. But when she meets her cousin's fiancee, Lord Andrew Wetherby, she must choose between honoring her cousin's impending marriage and following her heart.

Andrew Wetherby has chosen the perfect bride. She is well bred and beautiful - what more could the second son of a marquess ask for? However, when Lady Elizabeth's new chaperone arrives on the scene, he knows he's made a mistake of monumental proportions. The young widow with the russet curls captures his undivided attention, but as a gentleman, there is little he can do about it...or is there?

"This is a top of the line edition of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. For anyone interested in mystery, suspense, and adventure, this book is essential. 

WHY THIS EDITION?

That's a good question. And I can answer it with one word: Quality. If you've purchased any of the $.99 versions of this text on the Kindle Store, then you know that they are generally not quality editions. They have artifacts in the text, they aren't formatted properly, and the table of contents don't usually work.

Here at Edwards Publishing House, we believe quality is key. It is our conviction that if the quality of the text is low, the reading experience is degraded - and works such as this one deserve a high quality edition for the Kindle. So, we took it upon ourselves to produce a high quality edition of this book for the Kindle.

Therefore, this is a high quality, professional edition of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Unlike other editions, this version was cleaned up and specially optimized for the Kindle, meaning you don't have to worry about any "noise" or left over artifacts in your text. This is a real book - a real edition.  

Here are some reasons to choose this edition over the others:

- A Fully Functional Table of Contents - So that you can instantly jump to any point in the book at any time (many of the other free and low-cost versions lack this simple yet crucial feature) 

- A Clean Type-Face and Formatting - This means that the quality of the text won't degrade your reading experience and you don't have to worry about a "dirty" ebook.

- It is Individually Reformatted and Organized for the Kindle: Meaning it will read like a Kindle book is supposed to - beautifully. 

- The Original Text is Left Intact: This way you get the original message of the author as it was meant to be read. 

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With this special edition of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", we are also offering the book in MP3 format as well at no additional cost. You can listen to it on your iPod, car stereo, or wherever! It's your choice and our free gift to you. Instructions on how to receive your bonus audiobook are contained with the book itself. You can find it in the Table of Contents once you have purchased this great collection of Sherlock Holmes.

With other editions you may spend less, but you get a lower quality product. On the other hand, with this edition you could be enjoying a beautiful version of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" in just a matter of seconds. 

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Sincerely,

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Edwards Publishing House"

"This is a top of the line edition of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. For anyone interested in mystery, suspense, and adventure, this book is essential. 

WHY THIS EDITION?

That's a good question. And I can answer it with one word: Quality. If you've purchased any of the $.99 versions of this text on the Kindle Store, then you know that they are generally not quality editions. They have artifacts in the text, they aren't formatted properly, and the table of contents don't usually work.

Here at Edwards Publishing House, we believe quality is key. It is our conviction that if the quality of the text is low, the reading experience is degraded - and works such as this one deserve a high quality edition for the Kindle. So, we took it upon ourselves to produce a high quality edition of this book for the Kindle.

Therefore, this is a high quality, professional edition of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Unlike other editions, this version was cleaned up and specially optimized for the Kindle, meaning you don't have to worry about any "noise" or left over artifacts in your text. This is a real book - a real edition.  

Here are some reasons to choose this edition over the others:

- A Fully Functional Table of Contents - So that you can instantly jump to any point in the book at any time (many of the other free and low-cost versions lack this simple yet crucial feature) 

- A Clean Type-Face and Formatting - This means that the quality of the text won't degrade your reading experience and you don't have to worry about a "dirty" ebook.

- It is Individually Reformatted and Organized for the Kindle: Meaning it will read like a Kindle book is supposed to - beautifully. 

- The Original Text is Left Intact: This way you get the original message of the author as it was meant to be read. 

- It's Professionally published by publishers who believe in quality.


FULL REFUND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT

As an added bonus, you get a 7 day money back guarantee if you don't like the book. If you aren't completely satisfied with "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", and don't believe you got your money's worth, then just return it and get a full refund. No questions asked and no hassles. Just go to your account, contact Amazon through the "Contact Us" link, and a return will be issued.

FREE Audiobook Bonus

With this special edition of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", we are also offering the book in MP3 format as well at no additional cost. You can listen to it on your iPod, car stereo, or wherever! It's your choice and our free gift to you. Instructions on how to receive your bonus audiobook are contained with the book itself. You can find it in the Table of Contents once you have purchased this great collection of Sherlock Holmes.

With other editions you may spend less, but you get a lower quality product. On the other hand, with this edition you could be enjoying a beautiful version of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" in just a matter of seconds. 

I hope you enjoy it!

Sincerely,

Sean Edwards
Senior Editor
Edwards Publishing House"

• the help audiobook audio cd Kathryn Stockett
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Unabridged CDs ? 14 CDs, 17 hours Be prepared to meet three unforgettable women: Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken. Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own. Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed. In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women- mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends-view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.

Blush: This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic) Druid Glen, Book One

"5 Flowers...Read this book if you love paranormal
and romance. Read it if you love medieval romance. Try it if you've
never read a paranormal or a medieval. I'd be willing to bet you'll
like it. The characters speak to the strengths and flaws in all of us." - Shara, My Book Cravings

4.5 Nymphs "...a very realistic tale of Scottish lore, and the magic of the Druids..." - Literary Nymphs Reviews

An honorable laird...
Conall MacInnes was born to a clan that for centuries has been charged with the guarding of the sacred Druids. It's a duty he has always met with a willing heart, until the day his sister, a Druid priestess, goes missing and the very Druids he has protected refuse to help him find the last remaining member of his family. Then a three-hundred-year-old prophecy places a Druid in his hands for safekeeping. It's the chance at revenge he's been waiting for, but is he willing to pay the cost his revenge will demand--the loss of his mate and the future of Scotland?

A willing lass... Glenna MacNeil wants only to be free, to find the purpose of her life. When she is told to look for the dark laird who would free her, she eagerly goes with the powerful Highlander who fights her clan, not realizing she has set in motion events that will change the course of history. Publisher's Note: Previously published elsewhere under the same title.

"5 Hearts...Donna Grant has
written a wonderful story of love and acceptance and of magic and
discovery. It is sure to be enjoyed by all that love magic and romance." - Anita from The Romance Studio



"5 Angels...This historical paranormal is a must read." - Gretchen from Fallen Angel Reviews

**If you're looking for Donna's bestselling Dark Sword series, simply search under "Dark Sword".

To find out more about Donna and her books, read excerpts, and sign up for her newsletter, please visit DonnaGrant.com.

Blush: This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic) Druid Glen, Book One

"5 Flowers...Read this book if you love paranormal
and romance. Read it if you love medieval romance. Try it if you've
never read a paranormal or a medieval. I'd be willing to bet you'll
like it. The characters speak to the strengths and flaws in all of us." - Shara, My Book Cravings

4.5 Nymphs "...a very realistic tale of Scottish lore, and the magic of the Druids..." - Literary Nymphs Reviews

An honorable laird...
Conall MacInnes was born to a clan that for centuries has been charged with the guarding of the sacred Druids. It's a duty he has always met with a willing heart, until the day his sister, a Druid priestess, goes missing and the very Druids he has protected refuse to help him find the last remaining member of his family. Then a three-hundred-year-old prophecy places a Druid in his hands for safekeeping. It's the chance at revenge he's been waiting for, but is he willing to pay the cost his revenge will demand--the loss of his mate and the future of Scotland?

A willing lass... Glenna MacNeil wants only to be free, to find the purpose of her life. When she is told to look for the dark laird who would free her, she eagerly goes with the powerful Highlander who fights her clan, not realizing she has set in motion events that will change the course of history. Publisher's Note: Previously published elsewhere under the same title.

"5 Hearts...Donna Grant has
written a wonderful story of love and acceptance and of magic and
discovery. It is sure to be enjoyed by all that love magic and romance." - Anita from The Romance Studio



"5 Angels...This historical paranormal is a must read." - Gretchen from Fallen Angel Reviews

**If you're looking for Donna's bestselling Dark Sword series, simply search under "Dark Sword".

To find out more about Donna and her books, read excerpts, and sign up for her newsletter, please visit DonnaGrant.com.

Geralyn Dawson pens poignant historical romances brightened by laughter, glistening with tears, and offering "pure reading enjoyment" (Laurel Gainer, "Affaire de Coeur)." Now, she takes readers to a little town deep in the heart of Texas, where mysterious stars light the way for a long-separated couple to find love...

A STARLIT LADY

Tess had run away from a broken heart and followed the stars right to Aurora Springs, Texas. There, halfway to nowhere and far from anywhere, she joined a dusty frontier settlement filled with eccentric dreamers and desperate searchers attracted by mysterious lights in the sky they believed were magic -- "The Kissing Stars." And she might have finally put her ill-fated marriage behind her, if only she hadn't taken a greased pig to the state fair....

A DOWN-TO-EARTH MAN

The pig knocked railroad investigator Gabe Montana down; seeing his ex-wife for the first time in forever laid him out flat. Then her revelation that the divorce had never happened stole his breath away -- that and the secrets he saw shining in her eyes. Now he has traced his runaway wife to Aurora Springs, a place where the most extraordinary things are happening. A place where a man haunted by tragedy might find redemption and a hurting woman might find healing...if they put the past behind them...and if they allow The Kissing Stars to light their way to love.